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Batwoman-Sept-2019

Puzzle told me to ... hang my rook??  Some enlightenment would be most appreciated.

JETINATE
You don’t hang it, after they take the rook, you will checkmate them
Batwoman-Sept-2019

Can't the King still do f2 and escape?

Latvian_empire
Batwoman-Sept-2019 wrote:

Puzzle told me to ... hang my rook?? Some enlightenment would be most appreciated.

if Kxh1 then Qh2#

if Kf2 then Qg3#

RSCB2024
No if he doesn’t take and king moves to f2 then queen g3 is checkmate, so checkmate either way